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California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.
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Best forecast wave conditions in California
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.1

W
2.1

W
1.9

W
1.8

W
1.9

WSW
1.1

W
1.3

WNW
1.6

W
1.3

WNW
1.1

WNW
0.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
3.5

WNW
1.8

WSW
3.0

NW
1.6

WNW
2.5

SW
3.5

SSW
Period(s) (?)1513121213131212111212111113121112911989
Energy(?)40215631268115415021398100586598237464670566064419627893678846214385811212403
Wind
(km/h)
10
10
10
10
10
5
10
10
5
15
15
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15
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15
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Wind State(?)offoffoffoffoffglassoffoffcrosscross-
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off
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on
offcross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)

7:01AM
2.70

8:32PM
1.73
7:49AM
2.81

9:51PM
1.84
8:40AM
2.93

10:56PM
1.98
9:32AM
3.01

11:49PM
2.11
10:26AM
3.08

12:37AM
2.22
11:19AM
3.09

1:21AM
2.30
12:21PM
3.05

2:04AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
0.61

2:08PM
0.36
1:15AM
1.01

3:11PM
-0.03
2:18AM
1.14

4:05PM
-0.29
3:22AM
1.21

4:56PM
-0.47

4:23AM
1.20
5:45PM
-0.57

5:20AM
1.15
6:32PM
-0.59

6:31AM
1.00

7:17PM
-0.52
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
689710106119131181312201191281099
Low °C
568567577121081291999127887
Chill °C (?)
478591041181210612102087115866
Sunrise
-7:52--7:52--7:52--7:28--7:52--7:41--7:52--
Sunset
--4:43--4:44--4:35--4:45--4:54--5:02--4:49-
Swell1 (m) & direction
0.9

NW
2.1

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.1

W
2.1

W
1.9

W
1.8

W
1.9

WSW
1.1

W
1.3

WNW
1.6

W
1.3

WNW
1.1

WNW
0.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
3.5

WNW
1.8

WSW
3.0

NW
1.6

WNW
0.7

NW
1.5

W
Period (s)8131212131312121112121111131211129119911
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.8

WNW
0.1

SW
0.1

SW
0.2

WSW
0.1

W

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0.1

SW
0.4

W
0.4

SSE
0.9

S
0.4

WNW
0.4

WNW
1.0

W
0.5

S
1.6

SW
1.0

SW
0.9

WNW
0.6

SSW
0.5

WNW
0.7

WNW
0.2

WSW
Period (s)1513131316--1513109141410898127141316
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.6

E
0.7

ESE

-
1.2

S

-
0.8

W
1.1

S

-

-

-
1.9

SSW
2.5

SW
3.5

SSW
Period (s)---------34-8-78---789


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